Revered for his inspirational attitude since becoming paralyzed while playing football for Rutgers University in 2010, Eric LeGrand has taken the high road in a Twitter controversy.

LeGrand jokingly challenged U.S. sprinter Lolo Jones, who finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2012 Olympics, to a foot race via Twitter on Tuesday.

Obviously Jones didn’t know LeGrand was confined to a wheel chair, or that he had suffered a spinal injury, when she tweeted back: “Get Checked for a concussion. Clearly, u’ve been hit in the head… Cos u arnt beating a track athlete.”

After someone else informed Jones LeGrand is “a quadrapalegic now,” her reaction was mixed: “No, dnt know. Sry dont know every football player. He challenged me 2 a race & I responded.” She later added: “Great I’m gonna get murdered for that tweet. When I had no clue who that dude was. Just responding to any athlete who challenges me to a race.”

Jones took heat for her comments, but not from LeGrand.

He tweeted to Jones: “didnt take it personal,understand where ur coming from.All good.”

“Thx,” she responded. “Getting trashed by tons of ppl glad ur not one of em”

LeGrand, 21, resumed his studies just a few months after becoming paralyzed; he took classes via Skype.

The former defensive tackle released a book last week, and received the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPY’s in July. He is on a career path to become a sports broadcaster.